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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...oppose categorically a Soviet role. But we do think it's important that any such role be a constructive one, and we would like to see them demonstrate this through action, not just words. One way would be to restore full diplomatic relations with Israel, to continue to permit greater emigration and to stop supporting states that support terrorism, such as Libya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Want to Be the President's Man | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

While Clem said his group has not yet completed an application to the zoning board, the developer is already seeking a permit for the office project. But he said that the group's attempts to consult the community in the past had not been successful...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Council Delays Kendall Square Building | 2/7/1989 | See Source »

Last week, Bush sent Secretary of Defense-designate John G. Tower to Europe to urge the NATO allies to permit the U.S. to upgrade missiles stationed there. The allies, especially West Germany, are resisting the change. They say the upgrade is unnecessary in the light of Gorbachev's decision to unilaterally withdraw 500,000 troops from Eastern Europe and cut the U.S.S.R.'s defense budget by 14 percent...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: A New Age of Soviet-American Relations | 2/1/1989 | See Source »

...idea of presidential ignorance takes hold, the press and Congress will have a field day portraying Bush as a lightweight. Nonetheless, it could permit Bush to accommodate a "newly perceived reality" and then allow him to abandon his "no new taxes" promise. If so, the President will undoubtedly be glad to take a passing hit for having been misinformed. Bush survived Iran- contra, when reporters and adversaries were rooting around in his record to prove his complicity. He is even more likely to survive an Ignorance Sting, since most responsible Congressmen and economists have been hoping that he will somehow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George Bush: A New Breeze Is Blowing | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

...giving banks an invitation to shoot craps with the taxpayer's money." So said Michigan Democrat John Dingell, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, with a touch of hyperbole. The object of his barb: a Fed ruling last week that will permit five leading bank holding companies -- Bankers Trust New York, Chase Manhattan, Citicorp, J.P. Morgan and Security Pacific -- to buy and sell corporate bonds. The decision will enable the financial institutions to move, within strict limits, onto the turf of Wall Street firms, which have been encroaching on the banking business. Said Richard Huber, an executive vice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Toe over The Line:Banks get the go-ahead to enter Wall Street turf | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

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